Trey Sivley, Director of the
Division of Insurance and Financial Oversight, Georgia Department of
Insurance.

The agenda is designed to update the audience on changes in the
healthcare arena from both an employer perspective as well as an individual
perspective. Risk areas from an internal audit perspective will be
highlighted for consideration in ERM reviews and future internal audit focus
areas. Here are examples of specific areas that will be discussed:

International healthcare – how what is going on outside the US
is impacting our healthcare

Consumerism is entering the healthcare market – what this means
to you and your organization

What you need to know if your organization is self-funded from
an ERISA and appeals perspective

International health insurance coverage – what you need to know
from a company and personal perspective

Georgia – Federally Facilitated Exchange – how this may impact
you and your organization

Notable Accountable Care Act (ACA) Implementation Flaws

ACA Effect on the Market

Brief Review of ACA Law and its Impact on Employers and
Individuals​

Speaker Bios –

TOBIN N. WATT

Mr. Watt has been practicing health
care law for over twenty-five years, and he represents hospitals, physicians,
networks, ancillary providers, and other organizations engaged in the health
industry. Some of the areas of his work
include various physician-hospital relationships and joint ventures,
compliance, regulatory advice (Stark, anti-kickback, and Medicare/Medicaid),
managed care, tax exemption, mergers and acquisitions, and capital
transactions He has counseled hospitals
and other providers from Honolulu to New York City. Mr. Watt has also been working extensively in
the area of hospital and physician effort to address quality of care, clinical
innovation, and efficiency of care, including pay-for-performance and
gainsharing relationships, and provider-health plan arrangements. He has obtained multiple tax-exemption
rulings from the IRS National Office and OIG Advisory Opinions. He leads the Smith Moore Leatherwood
healthcare group in Atlanta.

Mr. Watt is a graduate of Davidson
College (A.B., 1968) and Harvard Law School (J.D., 1971).

Mr. Watt has written numerous articles and is a frequent
speaker on health topics. He’s spoken
before the Healthcare Financial Management Association, the American College of
Healthcare Executives, the Georgia Hospital Association and several other state
hospital associations, The Healthcare Roundtable, the Medical Group Management
Association VHA, Premier, and the Georgia and Florida Bar Associations. He has been a presenter at several American
Health Lawyer Association conferences, including its national conference on
gainsharing and its annual Payors and Plans conference. He is also a contributor to
the Georgia Hospital Law Manual (a publication of the Georgia Hospital
Association) and authored or co-authored several articles in national
publications including “Pay for Performance: The Case for Quality” (Health Lawyers News, February, 2004).

Debi Weatherford

Debi Weatherford is the Executive
Director of Internal Audit for Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta, Georgia.
With more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare field, Debi has served
in various management, compliance and audit roles during her career. She
is a native Georgian and a graduate from the Terry College of Business at The
University of Georgia.

Debi is active in professional and philanthropic
organizations. She serves on the IIA Programs Committee that develops the
agenda and content for these monthly meetings. Debi is a published author,
frequent speaker and audit resource. Debi actively volunteers her time
and considerable energy on a number of worthy organizations – The Atlanta
Smiles Foundation, Atlanta Chapter of World Wings International, Leukemia and
Lymphoma Light the Night Walk and as a “Lady in Waiting” for the annual
Princess Party which benefits women’s causes.

Trey Sivley

Trey Sivley recently rejoined the Georgia
Department of Insurance as the Director of the Division of Insurance and
Financial Oversight. Prior to
rejoining the Department as Director Mr. Sivley practiced law at the Atlanta
office of Locke Lord LLP (concentrating his practice in insurance regulatory,
corporate transactional, and healthcare law) and served as the Assistant Director
and Regulatory Counsel of the Division of Insurance and Financial
Oversight..